Motor-cycle support.



H. J. ANDERSON & H. VAN WIE.

MOTOR CYCLE SUPPORT. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 1' 1916.

Patented Feb. 13, 1917.

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HENRY J. ANDERSON AND HENRY VAN WIE, Old SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

MOTOR-CYCLE surronr.

Specification of Letters Patent.

ratenteaneb. is, 1917.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that we, Hnxnx J. ANDERSON and HENRY VAN WIE, citizens of the United States, residing at San Francisco, in the county of San Francisco and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Motor-Cycle Supports, of which the following is a specification.

The means usually provided for holding upright a motor-cycle when at rest comprises a. yoke-shaped support, the ends of which are pivoted to the rear end of the motor-cycle frame just below the bearings for the rear wheel axle, and the middle, when out of use, is supported by a spring catch depending from the rear end of the rear wheel mud guard. When it is desired to use this support it is released from the springcatch and dropped to the ground, with which it contacts to. the rear of the vertical transverse plane through the rear wheel axle, and then the motor-cyclist must raise the rear end of the motor-cycle from off the ground, and move the motor-cycle backward until said vertical plane is behind the part of the ground with which the support is in contact.

Since the latest types of modern motorcycles are heavy, the lifting of the rear portion of the motor-cycle is quite a laborious task. Moreover, in so lifting the motorcyclist is almost certain to soil his hands and clothes with the mud and dust on the rear wheel and rear portion of the motor-cycle frame.

The object of the present invention is to provide a simple attachment, which can be readily secured to either side of the aforesaid yoke, and by means of which the rider can employ the weight of his body, transmitted through one foot, to raise the rear part of the motor-cycle from off the ground, and to move the motor-cycle backward so that the point of support of the yoke is in front of the rear wheel axle.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the rear portion of a motor-cycle equipped with our invention; Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the attachment detached.

Referring to the drawing, 1 indicates the rear wheel of. a motor-cycle and 2 a yokeshaped support,theends ofwhich are pivoted to plates 3, (only one here shown) which form part of the frame of the motor-cycle, and through which extends the rear axle of the motor-cycle, said yoke being supported,

when not in use, by a spring catch 4, the upper end of which issecured to a rear mudguard 5, said spring catch depending from said mud-guard.

Our invention consists of an attachment 6 adapted to be attached to any of the ordinary forms of yoke-shaped support. This attachment comprises front and rear metal bands the lower end of a round arm 9 and are secured thereto by a bolt 10. Between the ends of the rear band 8 is bolted thereto, as shown at 11, the lower end of an oblique brace 12, the upper end of which is secured by a bolt 13 between the rearwardly extending ends of a band 14: surrounding an upper part of the arm 9. Said bands 7 and 8 are secured to the side member of the yoke, and the band 14 is secured to the arm by screws 15, 16 and 17 respectively. The upper end of the arm 9 is bifurcated, and therein is riveted the front end of a pedal 18 extending outwardly and rearwardly.

The following is the mode of use of the device: When the yoke-shaped support has been dropped to the ground in the usual manner, the arm 9 then extends rearwardly and the pedal 18 extends rearwardly and slightly upward. The motor-cyclist then places a foot upon the pedal and rests his weight thereon. The arm 9 and yoke-shaped support 2 then constitute a lever, of which the fulcrum is the outer end of the yokeshaped support resting upon the ground, its position being then indicated by the lefthand outline in dotted lines in Fig. 1. The riders weight, then pressing upon said pedal at the rear end of said lever raises the front end of said lever which is attached to the rear end of the motor-cycle frame, so that said front end rotates about said fulcrum as a center, until said rotary motion is arrested by bent portions 19 of the sides of the yoke-shaped support abutting against stops 20 provided on the motor-cycle frame, in which position the transverse vertical plane through the rear axle is behind the point of contact of the yoke-shaped support with the ground, that is to say, the motor-cycle has been moved to the desired position of rest.

While it adds greatly to the utility of our device that it can be attached to the yokeshaped support of motor-cycles now in use, we also claim to be within the scope of our invention a construction in which the arm 9 is formed integral with the yoke-shaped support.

lVe claim V 1. In combination with a support for a motor-cycle at rest, pivoted to the 1not0rcycle frame a point adjacent to the rear wheel axle, an arm extending from a side of the support upwardly and of such length and direction that, when the outer end of said support rests upon the ground, the outer end of said arm will be to the rear of the outer end of the support.

2. In combination with -a support'for a motor-cycle at rest, pivoted to the motorcycle frame at a point adjacent to the rear wheel axle, an arm extending from a side t the support upwardly and of such length and direction that, when the outer end of said support rests upon the ground, the

outer end of said arm will be to the rear of the outer end of the support, and a pedal on the outer end of said arm.

3. In combination with a support for a motor-cycle at rest, pivoted to the motorcycle frame at a point adjacent to the rear wheel axle, an arm rigidly connected to a side of the support and extending upwardly and of such length and direction that, when the outer end of said support rests upon the ground, the outer end of said arm will be to the rear of the outer end of the support.

4:. In combination with a support for a motor-cycle at rest, pivoted to the motorcycle frame at a point adjacent to the rear wheel axle, an arm detachably connected to a side of the support and extending upwardly and of such length and direction that, when the outer end of said support rests upon the ground, the outer end of said arm will be to the rear of the outer end of the support.

HENRY J. ANDERSON. HENRY VAN WIE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, I). 0. 

